Meraki Unboxed

It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so it’s the perfect opportunity to talk about security fundamentals. We’re in discussion with two highly experienced Cisco security professionals who share some of their wisdom and best practices. Learn more from one of our guests in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9pkOr--wrg

We’re welcoming a return guest to the podcast: Alicia Lorenzetti, who leads the Global Ecosystem and Marketplace team here at Cisco Meraki. You'll soon understand her passion for change and innovation, and how the power of our ecosystem partners and the Meraki Marketplace solves problems for our customers.

Two monumental shifts – the move to the cloud, and the new reality of the hybrid workforce – have combined to pose an administrative challenge for IT and security. Cisco to the rescue, with a heavy sprinkling of Meraki secret sauce on top. Learn more at: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/plus-as-a-service/secure-connect.html

The challenge of raw Wi-Fi performance was solved long ago, yet high-density environments still create problems for network administrators and users. Fortunately, Cisco Meraki is on a relentless mission to identify and solve real-world challenges, as you’ll discover in this episode.

If you ask anyone why they love working at Cisco Meraki, they'll say ”the people!” In this episode, we sit down with one of those incredible Merakians. We learn about her career journey and how she balances motherhood and her enthusiasm for our employee resource group, Meraki Gives. She truly has the biggest heart, and you can hear the passion in her voice when she talks about giving back. You don't want to miss this one!

The Meraki dashboard web GUI has been right at the heart of the cloud networking revolution, simplifying the lives of IT administrators the world over. Like everything else, progress demands evolution. In this episode we discuss the next generation of the dashboard— smarter, more helpful, and ready for what comes next.

The Meraki dashboard has proven hugely popular with network administrators the world over, so it was inevitable it would evolve to support more and more Cisco technology. In this episode, we unpack recent announcements that herald an exciting new journey of expansion for the platform.

Change can be tough, but it doesn't have to be as hard as we sometimes make it. Today we sit down with Hope Galley, a 20+ year Cisco veteran who leads the Cisco Meraki Global Channel Organization. Hope shares her career journey, opens up about overcoming hurdles and learning lessons, and discusses the importance of building/creating diverse teams. She'll tell you her superpower is leading large scale transformation, and provides tips and tricks on why she's been successful.

We’re living in a time where artificial intelligence is starting to play a truly valuable role in solving problems and increasing efficiency. Meraki smart cameras can be so much more than security devices, and in this episode we learn how computer vision’s limits are only bound by our imagination.

From token ring to the cloud, Jeff Bright of Bright Systems has done it all. As a Meraki partner and Cisco Premier Integrator Partner, Jeff brings a wealth of experience and use cases to our discussion, and demonstrates how a passion for solving customer challenges has fuelled him for over 30 years.

Cisco Meraki's service provider footprint has exploded, and in this episode, we're digging into the recipe for success with Annie Shain, Director of Global Service Provider Sales. Annie brings a wealth of knowledge thanks to a 22-year career at Cisco, spending time in various leadership roles in the global service provider specialist organization, as well as employee resource groups.

Technologies like VPNs and SD-WAN have enabled the ubiquitous internet to serve as the new corporate network, largely displacing expensive private circuits. Maintaining a reliable experience means having the best possible insight into how every step from device to cloud is performing. New analytics capabilities are here to help.

Continuing our hybrid work series, we unpack some of the findings from our recent IDG survey on how others are experiencing this new working environment we find ourselves in. We’re joined by two senior leaders from Cisco Meraki to reflect on the findings, and we discuss our own experiences as employees navigate more choices. Learn more in our whitepaper: https://meraki.cisco.com/experiences/hybrid-workforce/

Hybrid working, with a mix of remote and on-site employees, is now commonplace. How do we create work experiences that connect teams and maximize productivity in this new environment? We’re in discussion with Meraki technology partner Kloudspot, a company that is tackling this challenge head-on.Learn more at kloudspot.com

Just as the devices we use for work and play keep getting more powerful, so too must the networks that connect them. Wi-Fi 6E is an extension to the Wi-Fi 6 standard that unlocks greater bandwidth and less congestion. Sunmeel Bhumkar from Meraki Product Management joins us to explain.

A 2020 study by the AnitaB.org Institute found that women make up 28.8% of the tech workforce in the US. At the current pace, it could take more than ten years for women to gain equal representation in the tech industry. Meet the women of Cisco Meraki and Visionworks of America who are challenging that projection.

Returning to the topic of sustainability, we focus on how to build a more sustainable data center with the help of Meraki technology. We discuss simple best practices that anyone can implement, to help save both power consumption and money.

Join us as we welcome Todd Nightingale, EVP/GM of Cisco’s Enterprise Networking & Cloud business. Todd shares his deep passion for networking and reflects on the growth and future of the Meraki business within Cisco. You don't want to miss this candid conversation with an amazing leader – be sure to tune in!